Table VI.
Data on Other Countries in the Maternal and Cord Blood Levels Measured in the Time Period of Our Study (ng/g)
| Heavy metal | Mothers
|
Newborns
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country/reference | N | Average (SD or 95% CI or IQR or R) | Country/reference | N | Average (SD or 95% CI or IQR or R) | |
| Se | China* | 81 | 140.8 (IQR 114.8–157.6) | China* | 81 | 131.1 (IQR 113.9–157.9) |
| Japan48 | 16 | 238 (IQR 229–276) | Japan48 | 16 | 280 (IQR 259–306) | |
| Japan38 | 81 | 192 (SD 25.1) | Japan38 Croatia28 |
81 36 |
227 (33.9) 150 (R 100–240) |
|
| Pb | China* | 81 | 23.1 (IQR 14.8–33.2) | China* | 81 | 22.0 (IQR 14.7–33.7) |
| Japan48 | 16 | 24.5 (IQR 16.7–32.4) | Japan48 | 16 | 14.8 (IQR 9.9–18.0) | |
| France49 | 900 | 17 (IQR 1–141) | France49 | 801 | 13 (IQR 1–78) | |
| Japan38 | 81 | 26.4 (SD 9.74) | Japan38 | 81 | 13.2 (SD 4.12) | |
| Belgium50 | 1,107 | 14.7 (95% CI 14.0–15.5) | Croatia28 | 36 | 45.23 (R 15.54–93.48) | |
| Sweden51 | 101 | 11.2 | Japan54 | 79 | 20.6 (IQR 14.5–35.1) | |
| Greece52 | 25 | 20 (SD 3.4) | China* | 81 | 22.0 (IQR 14.7–33.7) | |
| Poland53 | 83 | 21.4 | Japan48 | 16 | 14.8 (IQR 9.9–18.0) | |
| As | China* | 81 | 11.0 (IQR 9.4–13.7) | China* | 81 | 10.4 (IQR 8.1–12.6) |
| Japan48 | 16 | 6.28 (IQR 4.53–7.41) | Japan48 | 16 | 3.84 (IQR 2.99–4.51) | |
| Japan38 | 81 | 6.16 (SD 3.40) | Japan38 Japan54 |
81 94 |
3.76 (SD 2.27) 1.33 (IQR 0.97–1.74) |
|
| Cd | China* | 81 | 0.9 (IQR 0.7–1.2) | China* | 81 | 0.6 (IQR 0.4–1.0) |
| Japan48 | 16 | 2.81 (IQR 2.30–3.16) | Japan48 | 16 | 0.57 (IQR 0.50–0.62) | |
| France49 | 901 | 0.8 (IQR 0.1–4.6) | France49 | 800 | 0.5 (IQR 0.1–4.9) | |
| Japan38 | 81 | 1.97 (SD 0.72) | Japan38 | 81 | 0.22 (SD 0.20) | |
| Belgium50 | 1,107 | 0.21 (0.19–0.23) | Croatia28 | 36 | 8.03 (R 2.10–19.20) | |
*
Current study
Superscripted numbers refer to reference list.
SD = standard deviation, IQR = interquartile range, R = range.